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The Moffats

By: Eleanor Estes
Narrated by: Cynthia Bishop,Full Cast
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Publisher's summary

For 60 years Eleanor Estes' classic novel about a family struggling to get along in the early part of the century has charmed and delighted readers with its warmth and gentle humor. Now it comes to life in a full cast recording that will have you laughing out loud...and occasionally wiping away a tear. Our whole cast fell in love with this book, and we predict that you will, too.
©1941 Eleanor Estes (P)2002 Full Cast Audio

Critic reviews

"The performances are splendid. A woman with a clear and winsome voice performs the narrative. The characters are performed by individual cast members every bit as winsomely and with great verve." (AudioFile)

"Ideal family listening fare." (Booklist)

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Love all Eleanor Estes books, hate this performanc

How could the performance have been better?

Can't even stand to listen to this. It sounds like a robot is reading it, and there are even words that seem to be skipped. Pity, because I love the Estes books overall. Seems like the narrator is speed reading, as another reviewer said. It would be an improvement if it sounded like a real person was reading it.

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A book of short stories.

We liked that each chapter was a short story with the Moffett family. it was great to here stories of a simpler time when children were both independent, responsible and free. However, we did not care for the individual character narration.

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Reviewing the performance only

What did you like best about The Moffats? What did you like least?

We did not listen to the complete book so I'm unable to give a review of the story. We intensely disliked the narration.

Would you recommend The Moffats to your friends? Why or why not?

Not the Audible recorded version

Would you be willing to try another one of Cynthia Bishop and Full Cast ’s performances?

No.

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This sounds simply awful. It's like the narrator was trying to speed read through the book or as if the audio itself has merely been sped up.

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Good story but narrator hard to understand 🙂

I love the story. It is a nice thing to read and I would recommend the book to families especially with younger kids. But I think the part about Halloween is read a bit to eerily...
The narrator is ok but at first she is hard to understand after a wile you get used to her reading but I would still recommend the book more. The audiobook was just not my favorite. Still it is nice to listen to if your looking for a quiet but enjoyable story.

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three years

my daughter has listened to this on audible every night for three years. three years! and continues with no plan on mixing it up. she's 8 now and still loves it so much.

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Review by three siblings and their mom

I LOVE it! -Emily
It was good. I prefer one narrator over many actors. -Charlie
I enjoy it. -Lydia
A good read with much to discuss about living in previous decades. The ensemble did a great job and it was nice to hear a dramatic version of this book. -Mom

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so good i love it

its amazing how can you think of this as a story. sooooo good?! how is this a book please make a moive

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We really enjoyed this one!

I listened with my six and nine year old. it was great! Sweet family story.

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Nice story

Cute story
Goodly read
Would recommend to others
Perfect voices 👌🏼
I rate 5⭐️!
Good job! 👏

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Cute stories of family life of yesteryear

We enjoyed the simple stories about family life in simpler days. The narration was of poor quality. The voice for Mama was emotionless, monotone and the other adults weren't much better. The narration disrupted and distracted from the sweet stories.

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